Export promotion policies refer to the set of foreign trade policies targeted to exports enhancement. The aim of the present paper is reviewing the wide experience collected by the various countries in the past. Our purpose is two-fold. On the one side, our contribution aims at identifying the...

The role of economic theory is to suggest models and indicators that allow in identifying when foreign debt of a developing country is sustainable and when it is “excessive.” The IMF and the World Bank define the external debt sustainability of a country as its ability to meet the current...

Understanding how public investment affects economic performance in highly indebted low-income countries is crucial in order to implement effective fiscal policies for adjustment with growth. In this paper we provide an empirical analysis to investigate the relationship between public...